Interior Handle for Upward Acting Vehicle Door

Abstract

A door operating system includes: a handle having: loop shaped gripping portion; an attaching portion defining a slot; structure enclosing the slot, the structure defining fastener holes, wherein the slot is defined by the attaching portion and the structure enclosing the slot; and a door operating lever located in the slot. A method of making a door operating system includes: forming a handle having loop shaped gripping portion and an attaching portion; forming a slot in an attaching portion; enclosing the slot with a structure, the structure defining fastener holes, defining the slot with the attaching portion and the structure enclosing the slot; locating a door operating lever in the slot; and attaching the handle to the operating lever with fasteners located in the fastener holes.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A door operating system comprising:
 a handle having:
 loop shaped gripping portion; 
 an attaching portion defining a slot; and 
 structure enclosing the slot, the structure defining fastener holes, 
   wherein the slot is defined by the attaching portion and the structure enclosing the slot; and   a door operating lever located in the slot.   
     
     
         2 . The door operating system of  claim 1 , wherein the door operation lever has an L cross-section. 
     
     
         3 . The door operating system of  claim 2 , wherein a portion of the door operation lever has an I shaped cross-section. 
     
     
         4 . The door operating system of  claim 3 , wherein the portion with the I shaped cross-section defines an attaching hole. 
     
     
         5 . The door operating system of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 an attaching bolt dimensioned to reside in the attaching hole;   a groove in the attaching bolt; and   a snap ring dimensioned to reside in the groove to retain the attaching bolt in the attaching hole.   
     
     
         6 . The door operating system of  claim 4 , wherein the operation lever defines at least two cable holes for attaching cables. 
     
     
         7 . The door operation system of  claim 4 , further comprising an attaching plate and retaining plate each having flat sides to lay flat against the portion with the I shaped cross-section, wherein the flat sides of the attaching plate and retaining plate have attaching holes located to align with the attaching hole in the portion with the I shaped cross-section and dimensioned to allow the attaching bolt to reside in the attaching holes. 
     
     
         8 . The door operating system of  claim 1 , where the handle defines fastening holes for fasteners to attach the handle to the door operating lever located in the slot. 
     
     
         9 . The door operating system of  claim 8 , further comprising bosses on the handle that define the fastening holes. 
     
     
         10 . The door operating system of  claim 1 , wherein the loop of the loop shaped gripping portion is wider proximate to the slot then distal to the slot. 
     
     
         11 . A method of making a door operating system comprising:
 forming a handle having loop shaped gripping portion and an attaching portion;   forming a slot in an attaching portion;   enclosing the slot with a structure, the structure defining fastener holes,   defining the slot with the attaching portion and the structure enclosing the slot;   locating a door operating lever in the slot; and   attaching the handle to the door operating lever with fasteners located in the fastener holes.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising attaching the handle to a second handle with a mounting fastener and a snap ring, the snap ring being located in a groove in the mounting fastener. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein a portion of the operating lever has an L shaped cross-section and a portion of the operating lever has an I shaped cross-section. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , comprising locating a flat surface of the handle to a flat surface of a handle mounting plate and a flat surface of an attaching plate. 
     
     
         15 . A door operating system comprising:
 a handle having:
 loop shaped gripping portion; 
 an attaching portion defining a slot; and 
 structure enclosing the slot, the structure defining fastener holes, 
   wherein the slot is defined by the attaching portion and the structure enclosing the slot;   a door operating lever located in the slot.   
     
     
         16 . The door operating system of  claim 15 , further comprising a first surface defining the slot engaged with a first surface of the door operating lever and a second surface defining the slot engaged with a second surface of the door operating lever, wherein the door operating lever has an L shaped cross-section and the first and the second surfaces of the door operating lever are at right angles with respect to each other. 
     
     
         17 . The door operating system of  claim 16 , further comprising a first hole in the first surface of the door operating lever and a second hole in the second surface of the door operating lever. 
     
     
         18 . The door operating system of  claim 15 , wherein the door operating lever is attached to a fastener attached to a snap ring. 
     
     
         19 . The door operating system of  claim 15 , further comprising fasteners attached into the fastener holes and holes in the handle to secure the handle to the door operating lever. 
     
     
         20 . The door operating system of  claim 15 , further comprising bosses located around the fastener holes on the handle.